FM Qureshi postpones Japan visit

ISLAMABAD (92 News) – Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi’s official visit to Japan has been postponed. According to spokesman for Foreign Office, foreign minister was scheduled to leave for Japan on a four-day visit which has been postponed due to rising tension between India and Pakistan. New date of the foreign minister’s visit to Japan would be announced after improving in the situation. Tensions between India and Pakistan in the wake of the Pulwama attack has escalated very much . Foreign Minister Qureshi said that he had written a letter to the UN secretary general, requesting him to play his role for the “de-escalation” of current tensions between India and Pakistan in the wake of the Pulwama attack. On the other hand, Pakistan has categorically rejected the Indian allegation of its involvement in the Pulwama attack in Occupied Kashmir.Foreign Office Spokesman Dr Muhammad Faisal, in a statement, said that the Pulwama attack in the Indian Occupied Jammu & Kashmir is a matter of grave concern. “We have always condemned heightened acts of violence in the Valley. We strongly reject any insinuation by elements in the Indian government and media circles that seek to link the attack to the State of Pakistan without investigations,” he said.